Announcements
2011 ICA Board Election Results
ICA election ballots were counted 12/13/2011 at Evanston Chess Club by Maret Thorpe, Michael Cardinale and Keith Ammann. The winners were Bill Brock (10 votes), Jerry…
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December Chess Roundup
The holidays. A time to reflect on the year that was and the year that will be. To celebrate the season with family and friends. The…
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Turgut Wins Illinois Class Championship
Editor’s note: See the ICA Chess Blog link below for game analysis from the Illinois Class. ICCF Grandmaster Tansel Turgut knows something about over-the-board play, too,…
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November Chess Roundup
November reminds me of gratitude. Here’s just a few of mine: family, friends, Pilgrims, Indians, teachers, doctors, musicians, comedians,writers, and sacrifices of those who have fought…
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This is it: the Big Enchilada
Okay, chess fans, this is it, the thing we’ve been working and rooting for all season long: the Chicago Blaze have made it to the final…
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Rulebook Tactics: Notable Rules Changes for 2012
New Year’s Day celebrates a lot of things in the world including the starting point for some new USCF rules and policy changes. Most years those…
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Blaze Push Dallas Destiny into Oblivion in Round One of Playoffs
Skokie Deputy Police Chief Michael Pechter initiated the Blaze’s foray into the USCL playoffs last evening with a solid 1. d4 pawn push on behalf Grand…
Announcements
2011 ICA Election: Ballots Due December 1
ICA is conducting elections for directors. Five director positions are up for election. Terms are two years. Ballots were distributed by email by November 10 to…
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2011 Annual Meeting and Banquet, Andrew Karklins Honored, Brotsos to Emcee
The ICA is pleased to announce that FM Andrew Karklins has won the Broughton Lifetime Achievment in Chess Award. Join him and celebrate at the Banquet.…
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Bear Down Chicago Blaze
I’ll get right to it; the Blaze narrowly lost its first match of the season, 1.5-2.5 to Miami this past Monday night. While this was the…